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Box Office
TICKETS​
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We advise booking all tickets in advance - including those that are free of charge. Tickets may be available to purchase on the door for some events, according to availability and returns, but it is not guaranteed.
Children under the age of 14 years must be accompanied by a paying adult.
PRICING​​
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It is our goal to offer accessible ticket prices for all events, whist ensuring we pay our speakers fairly.​
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CHILDREN'S EVENTS
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Our children's events are designed to encourage engagement with reading for pleasure while strengthening literacy and learning skills.
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Child: FREE - but they must be accompanied by an adult.
Accompanying Adults: £2.50 or FREE if you buy a book for the child you attend with.
AUTHOR EVENTS
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Standard: £10 | Concession: £5 | Under 18: FREE
Concessions: students in full time education and those in receipt of benefits.
SPECIAL OFFERS
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For selected events we offer:
- a +drink ticket, which allows you to pre-order a drink to collect on arrival for a discounted price
- a +book ticket, which offers a discount on the RRP of a featured author's book if you pre-order to collect on arrival
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DISCOUNTS
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We run a BRONZE, SILVER and GOLD TICKET discount scheme that offers reduced ticket prices for those who attend multiple author events over the course of the festival.
The relevant discount will be automatically applied to eligible orders at the checkout.​​​​​​​​​​​
OTHER EVENTS
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Workshops, Walks, Fundraisers and Film Screenings run by our partners are priced to reflect the expertise, expense and time involved in delivering these high-quality activities run by professionals.
Although our discount scheme does not apply to these tickets we may offer time-limited discounts which will be advertised on our social media and we can offer a limited number of bursary places to those experiencing financial hardship.
To find out more about applying for a bursary place for a specific workshop, please contact us.
SUNDAY 5th OCTOBER
Dame Harriet Walter DBE is a British Actress and winner of a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations, including a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama.Renowned for her star-studded portrayals in Succession, Killing Eve and Ted Lasso, Dame Harriet Walter is also one of Britain’s most esteemed Shakespearean actors.
Dame Harriet will read from her book, She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said, intertwined with tales of her stage and screen work. This will be followed by taking questions from the audience and there will be a book sale and signing after the show.
Please note this is a fundraising event for the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds (charity no. 242977) and can only be booked via their box office. As As this is a fundraising event no discounts or offers apply.
THURSDAY 9th OCTOBER
AUTHOR EVENTS
FILM SCREENING
presented in partnership with
A screening of Heaven in Auschwitz has been scheduled by Abbeygate Cinema to complement our event 'The Teacher of Auschwitz - Wendy Holden' .
Heaven in Auschwitz is a documentary film that tells the fascinating and incredible story of 13 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust in former Czechoslovakia, during the II World War. These men and women, that back then were children, were taught by Fredy Hirsch, who changed their lives forever.
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Tickets for BLF Audience Members are just £4.50 (reduce from £7.50) when using code BURYLIT.
Please note this screening is a presented by our partners Abbeygate Cinema and must be booked through their box office.
FRIDAY 10th OCTOBER
AUTHOR EVENTS
FILM SCREENING
presented in partnership with
A special screening of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which has been specially scheduled by Abbeygate Cinema to complement our event 'An Evening with Louis de Berniéres'.
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This screening will be introduced by Louis de Berniéres.
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Tickets for BLF Audience Members are just £4.50 (reduced from £7.50) when using code BURYLIT.
Please note this screening is a presented by our partners Abbeygate Cinema and must be booked through their box office.
SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER
GOLD DUST WRITING WORKSHOPS
It has always been our goal to offer events for writers as well as readers; this year, we're achieving that dream!
We're delighted to be teaming up with Gold Dust Writer Mentoring to bring you a full day of Creative Writing Workshops brought to you by our fabulous Gold Dust mentoring team, founded by novelist Jill Dawson.
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All events are suitable for writers (16+) with any level of experience and at any stage in their writing journey.
The £130 day ticket includes:
- 3 practical sessions full of advice from professionals, focusing on the inspiration and determination that goes into a book and the nuts of bolts of writing it:
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Do You Have A Novel In You with Jill Dawson
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How To Write Memoir with Midge Gillies
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Structuring Your Novel with Louise Doughty
- A panel seminar event with industry professionals that seeks to lift the curtain on the mysteries of publication and answers your questions on the options open to those who want to see their writing turned into a book:
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How To Get Published with Gold Dust Writers, Laxfield Literary Agency & Novel Experience Podcast
- A delicious lunch delivered to the workshop venue provided by FOLK CAFE
- A voucher to book 2 Author Events at Bury Lit Fest 2025
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or each session (and lunch!) can be booked separately as part of your Bury Lit Fest 2025 experience.
Gold Dust is a Creative Writing programme which pairs new writers who want to write a novel or memoir, with established ones to work privately, one to one.
AUTHOR EVENTS
GARDENING WORKSHOP
including FOLK cafe afternoon tea
SUNDAY 12th OCTOBER
AUTHOR EVENTS
FILM SCREENING
presented in partnership with
A screening of the 1974 Peter Hall classic, Akenfield, based on Ronald Blythe's book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, has been specially scheduled by Abbeygate Cinema to complement this event.
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Tickets for BLF Audience Members are just £4.50 (reduced from £7.50) when using code BURYLIT.
Please note this screening is a presented by our partners Abbeygate Cinema and must be booked through their box office.
SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER
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Join Philippa Gregory, as she takes you on a journey through the history you thought you knew. In her new novel, Boleyn Traitor, she returns to the Tudor court and a woman famously branded as a traitor, but whose real story was far more complex – the mysterious
Jane Boleyn. Bringing the Boleyn traitor out of the shadows, this is an explosive story of one woman’s survival in the deadly dance of the Tudor Court. It will be a fascinating evening of entertaining historical insight and unforgettable storytelling.
Philippa Gregory is an internationally renowned historian and novelist. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature at the University of Edinburgh and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff, an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London and she was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to literature and to charity. Her novels have been adapted for stage and screen and in 2023 she published her groundbreaking history book, Normal Women - 900 Years of Making History, which was also released as a podcast, a teen edition and a series for young children.
There will be a post-show reception including a book signing.
Please note this is a fundraising event for Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival (Charity No. 1209140) and the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. (Charity No. 242977) and can only be booked via the Theatre Royal box office.
As this is a fundraising event no discounts or offers apply.